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Employees in 2012 paid 4.2% of their gross wages towards social security (FICA tax), while employers paid another 6.2%. How much will someone earning $28,000 a year pay towards social security out of their wages

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If you have worded the question verbatim from the problem, then you only need to worry about the 4.2% paid by the employee out of his/her gross.

(If you altered the wording a bit, then the 6.2% from the employer may factor in somehow. But the way the problem is worded above, it does not.)

If I make $28,000 and paid 4.2% out of my wages myself, then that would be

28,000 x .042 = $1176 toward SS that I paid myself from my gross wages.

User Cliff Hall
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Answer:

$1,176

Explanation:

Employees in 2012 paid 4.2% of their gross wages towards social security tax.

If someone has yearly wages = $28,000

He paid towards social security = 4.2% of 28,000

=
(4.2)/(100)* 28,000

= 0.042 × 28,000

= $1,176.00

He would pay $1,176 towards social security tax out of their wages.

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